For the longest time, I didn’t know what life and living truly meant. I wasn’t free to be me, because frankly, I didn’t even know who me was. There were voices in my head. Telling me what to be, how to be and when to be. Telling me what to say, how...

I love Michelle Obama. I’m sure you already know that. Many of you also do. I love her grace, and her gait. I love her quick wits, grit and the charm she so gracefully embodies. I love her class and how she has effortlessly redefined elegance and beauty for the...

Please, don’t compare me with my friend or with yours. She is not me and I am not her. She is strong in many ways and I am stronger in so many other ways. Maybe she cleans better than I do, but maybe I cook better, or vice verse. She might be more tolerating of...

The day my Dad drove me to Nibo-Nise, a small town in Eastern Nigeria, to check out what would become both school and home for the following 3 years, I had no idea just how much that encounter will change my life. I had passed a very rigorous exams which only a few...

Everyone who knows me will attest to the fact that my Mum is an ever constant presence in my life and in all my conversation. Sometimes, I worry that I bore people, but then I think, it doesn’t really matter, because I know that I can never ever, stop talking...

To all the women in my life!!! I love you dearly. I appreciate you and I am deeply thankful for the gift of you. The women that love me and have held on to me. That have reached out to me. That stood by me. That have supported me and applauded me. That have scolded...